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Newsroom
The most recent news items relevant to all Fisher College audiences are listed below.
Please direct Fisher news- and media-related inquiries to Patricia Allen, Associate News Director.
Latest headlines
- Entrepreneurship academy to be named for Langdale
- May 9, 2013
Fisher alumnus Nathan Hurd, a former president of Ohio State’s Business Builders Club, remembers the exact date Rich Langdale came to Fisher’s campus - such was the impact the entrepreneur and teacher had on his time as an undergrad. → Full story - New fund to support study abroad for graduate students
- May 6, 2013
More graduate business students at The Ohio State University will receive financial support for study-abroad opportunities under a new program announced Saturday (5/4) in honor of Joseph A. Alutto. → Full story - Fisher celebrates the Class of 2013
- May 3, 2013
On Sunday, Ohio Stadium will host more than 10,100 graduates, their families, and keynote speaker President Barack Obama for The Ohio State University Spring Commencement. Watch streaming video beginning at noon. → Full story - Fisher accounting students receive prestigious honors
- May 2, 2013
→ Full story - Wolstein Gateway dedicated on Fisher campus
- April 26, 2013
The occasional gusts of unseasonably chilly wind and spittle of rain could neither dampen nor diminish the outpouring of affection and gratitude to Iris S. Wolstein and her late husband Bart. → Full story - National Center for the Middle Market releases Q1 indicator
- April 24, 2013
Revenue and employment growth in the U.S. middle market, representing nearly 200,000 American businesses across the nation, continues to outpace expectations and broader growth nationally. → Full story - Diversity Awards honor company leaders, students
- April 23, 2013
Huntington Bank, a firm that has immersed itself in the Fisher community as well as become a major partner to Ohio State, received Fisher’s Corporate Diversity Award. The Individual Executive Award was presented to Aida Sabo, vice pres... → Full story - AEP CEO Nick Akins keynotes Fisher veterans dinner
- April 18, 2013
“There is no room for failure in the operations of American Electric Power (AEP) nuclear plants,” said AEP CEO Nick Akins. “That is why the company heavily recruits from the military.” → Full story - Dumas study: not everyone likes the company picnic
- April 17, 2013
The workers who may have the most to gain from attending company social events may be the ones who actually get the least value from them, a new study suggests. → Full story - Billion-dollar deals: J.P. Morgan banker, alum tells of ascent
- April 16, 2013
Joe Benny, a student in the Specialized Master in Finance (SMF) program, said he had the best validation yet that his course work has real-time, real-world application. → Full story - Fisher hosts annual Big Ten MBA case competition
- April 16, 2013
In partnership with the National Center for the Middle Market at Fisher, the Big Ten+ Case Competition brought together MBA students from prominent business schools April 11-13 to help solve complex, live business challenges... → Full story - KeyBank renews grant for Fisher diversity programs
- April 11, 2013
The KeyBank Foundation has approved a grant award to Fisher for continuation of the Minority MBA Case Competition and the Leadership and Creativity Undergraduate Minority Student Symposium. → Full story - Wendy's CMO shares ingredients for brand transformation
- April 10, 2013
Wendy’s makeover goes much deeper than a new advertising campaign, logo and the usual aesthetics. → Full story - Business club summit emphasizes global outlook
- April 9, 2013
The third annual International Business Club Summit welcomed students from universities across the nation to share best practices and develop deeper global awareness. → Full story - Fisher student places first in Denman research forum
- April 4, 2013
Fisher marketing major Lucas Costanzo, a graduating senior, was a first place winner in the 2013 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum for his research project "Let's Talk Money: Impulsivity, Social Influence, and Consumers' Saving Behavior." → Full story - 2013 business plan winners to compete in global competition
- April 2, 2013
A team of six Fisher MBA students, one Fisher undergraduate student and three biomedical engineering students took first place honors in the 2013 Ohio State University Business Plan Competition. → Full story - Former ambassador, Fisher finance professor discuss EU debt
- April 1, 2013
In the wake of the recent banking crisis in Cyprus, former ambassador to the European Union Kristen Silverberg questioned if Europe’s economic integration is serving its foundational purposes. → Full story - Fisher alumnus shares international business success
- March 29, 2013
Riding a wave of success in international finance while pursuing his passion for public service and fencing, Sunil Sabharwal returned to the Fisher campus to share his story with students. → Full story - Undergraduate program rises in Businessweek rankings
- March 26, 2013
Fisher advanced in the Businessweek 2013 Best Undergraduate Business Schools report with strong scores in a number of areas, including career outcomes and academic quality. → Full story - Pace Setters awards honor outstanding contributions
- March 22, 2013
The 53rd annual Pace Setters awards recognized Fisher students, faculty, staff, and alumni for outstanding achievement, leadership, and service. → Full story - P&G executive provides keynote at Net Impact annual event
- March 12, 2013
Claiming one of the world’s largest “environmental footprints,” a Procter & Gamble executive said the multinational’s sustainability strategy is two-fold: responsibility and opportunity. → Full story - Bogenschutz wins annual staff leadership award
- March 12, 2013
While conducting a meeting in the Office of Career Management conference room, Margie Bogenschutz was abruptly interrupted by more than a dozen of her co-workers led by Dean Christine Poon. → Full story - Lecturer Ankerman receives inaugural teaching award
- March 5, 2013
Fisher senior lecturer Marc Ankerman, Department of Management and Human Resources, is one of just three inaugural recipients of the Ohio State’s Provost’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Lecturer. → Full story - Endowments lose Midas touch in early 2000s
- March 4, 2013
Riding high on their access to top venture funds, endowments left other categories of limited partners in the dust, performance-wise, in the 1990s. But by the following decade they had largely lost their Midas touch. → Full story - Ellis shares inside story of arena district development
- February 25, 2013
Brian Ellis, president and chief operating officer of Nationwide Realty Investors, gave a rare glimpse into the behind the scenes details of the development of the Nationwide Arena District. → Full story - Rucci receives Ohio State's highest teaching award
- February 21, 2013
Before a packed classroom of 70 students, Rucci, a clinical professor of Management and Human Resources (MHR), received Ohio State's Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching, the highest teaching award given annually. → Full story - Viacom executive kicks off Black Leadership Speaker Series
- February 13, 2013
A marketing executive from media conglomerate Viacom, Inc. kicked of the first week of the Black MBA Association Leadership Speaker Series. → Full story - Industry Cluster alum applies lessons to eco-farming
- February 12, 2013
Five consulting projects for Midwest companies, an invitation to speak at a professional conference on sustainability and a job secured with a rising consulting firm, Kalypso. → Full story - Dean's senior leadership team announced
- February 8, 2013
Dean Christine A. Poon announced a new senior leadership team for the college with four new appointments. Anil Makhija, director of the National Center for the Middle Market, and Karen Hopper Wruck, will both serve as senior associate dean. → Full story - Fisher student elected president of Eminence Fellows
- February 8, 2013
Students are paving Ohio State’s way on the road from excellence to eminence and one Fisher student is in a lead role in that effort. → Full story - Middle Market Student Summit held on Feb. 21 at Ohio Union
- February 1, 2013
As a kick-off to the second annual Middle Market Job Fair, the National Center for the Middle Market will hold a Summit dedicated solely to business students on Feb. 21 from 3-7 p.m. at the U.S. Bank Room at the Ohio Union. → Full story - Accounting faculty study economic impact of retail strategy
- January 29, 2013
The economic impact of manufacturers that utilize dual distribution channels—such as athletic outfitter Nike—is the research focus of two Fisher accounting professors. → Full story - Alleviating Poverty Through Entrepreneurship Summit Feb. 9
- January 25, 2013
An opportunity for students to win $5,000 in seed money for a new social enterprise to help economically disadvantaged communities is a highlight of the 2013 APTE Summit. → Full story - MBOE program goes digital
- January 24, 2013
The Master of Business Operational Excellence (MBOE) program practices what it teaches.
The Executive Education program has gone lean and paperless. → Full story - Q4 Middle Market Indicator: 1 million new jobs in 2013
- January 23, 2013
The National Center for the Middle Market (NCMM) today announced that the U.S. middle market added an estimated $650 billion in new revenue and more than 1 million jobs in 2012 based on findings in the NCMM’s 2012 fourth-quarter MMI. → Full story - Honors Cohort study Bahamian tourism during Winter Break
- January 15, 2013
In The Bahamas and other Caribbean islands they are called “potcake dogs,” stray animals in these vacation destinations that tourism industry professionals consider a nuisance, because of the rise in attacks on visitors. → Full story - Alumni continue to give back through creation of scholarship
- December 17, 2012
A group of young Fisher alumni have come together to create the Scholars for Service scholarship, continuing a legacy of honoring students who give back to the community. → Full story - Fisher faculty among the most read, published in top journals
- December 12, 2012
Distinguished faculty in the departments of finance and marketing & logistics have been recognized for their leading contributions to prestigious academic publications. → Full story - Hedge funds manipulate stock prices, new research shows
- December 10, 2012
Some hedge funds manipulate stock prices at the end of the month to improve the returns that they report to their investors, a new study suggests.
→ Full story - Fisher, Ohio State partner with new IBM customer analytics
- November 29, 2012
IBM today announced it will establish a new analytics center in Columbus, Ohio, dedicated to advancing research, development, client services and skills training in the areas of analytics, big data and cognitive computing. → Full story - Accounting Report: Fisher programs rank in top 10
- November 20, 2012
Fisher's undergraduate and Master in Accounting (MAcc) programs placed seventh and eighth, respectively, in the Public Accounting Report’s 31 st Annual Professors Survey. → Full story - Retail seminar highlights successful supply chain strategies
- November 19, 2012
Three CEOs from Columbus’s most successful retailers, Express, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, and Watershed Distillery were joined by keynote speaker Harvard Business School. → Full story - Fisher MBA program moves up to 27 in Businessweek ranking
- November 16, 2012
Awarded a grade of A in the areas of teaching quality and leadership skills, Fisher moved up five spots in the 2012 Bloomberg Businessweek Business School Ranking released on Nov. 15 by the business news organization. → Full story - Kentucky wins after tiebreaker in fierce Biz Quiz nail-biter
- November 13, 2012
There were multiple tied-scores, tie-breakers rounds and just a single-point separating the top business schools competing in this year’s Fisher Biz Quiz National Challenge. → Full story - Fisher students help Ohio businesses expand global markets
- November 1, 2012
While Fisher has earned the distinction of working with large multinational companies, some of the college’s greatest impact is helping small to middle market companies improve their global imprint. → Full story - MBAs take first, second place at case competitions
- October 30, 2012
At the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, Fisher MBAs Kevin VanderMolen, A.J. Remlinger, Gregg Silver and Beau Hammond finished first at the sixth Aannual Mergers and Acquisitions Case Competition. → Full story - Wexner shares insights on real estate development
- October 26, 2012
Founder and Limited Brands CEO Leslie M. Wexner was the keynote speaker in the Career Foundation Seminar in Real Estate held on Oct. 26 for students interested in careers in the field. → Full story - GE CEO Jeff Immelt, Warren Buffett speak to Fisher students
- October 24, 2012
Fisher students were given exclusive access to a dialogue between two of the world’s most distinguished business titans, GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt and Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. → Full story - Taco Bell COO encourages students to embrace unexpected
- October 22, 2012
Rob Savage was working in the automotive industry as a manager when Taco Bell offered him a job. → Full story - Dean Poon shares personal story of Ohio State legacy
- October 9, 2012
But for Ohio State—the university's $2.5 billion fundraising campaign—is the roadmap to take us from excellence to eminence. The campaign kick-off included stories of how Ohio State has changed lives. → Full story
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